#BC8352#BC8352

#BC8352 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.096 H 60.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8352
RGB	rgb(188, 131, 82)
HSL	hsl(28, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(28, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.3%, 56.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.47, 16.58, 35.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.47, 38.77, 64.68°)
OKLab	oklab(65.67% 0.047 0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(65.67% 0.096 60.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.3801, 27.5355, 11.6958)
Luminance	0.2753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8352 #528BBC

analogous

#BC5256 #BC8352 #BCB852

triadic

#BC8352 #52BC83 #8352BC

tetradic

#BC8352 #56BC52 #528BBC #B852BC

square

#BC8352 #56BC52 #528BBC #B852BC

split-complementary

#BC8352 #52BCB8 #5256BC

monochromatic

#6A4729 #97653A #BC8352 #CDA37E #DEC2AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#BC8352 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#BC8352 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8352

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8352	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8352	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94884E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29453

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB7777

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8352;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 131, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.096 60.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a783',
    500: '#bc8352',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8352;
$custom-light: #d3a783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8352",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.736,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65672,
    "c": 0.09588,
    "h": 60.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8352

secondary

#9EB7CC

accent

#99D454

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#150F0B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8352

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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